Cigar and cigarette ash protector and fire preventer



July 19, 1932.

A. HAAS CIGAR AND CIGARETTE ASH PROTECTOR AND FIRE PREVENTER Filed April 29, 1951 0 o 0 o o ca 0 0 0 0 02 0 n 0 0 0 0 0 M J7/O'MM/ v07 ra /vars Patented July 19, 1932 PATENT OFFICE ALPHONSE HAAS, or am nnmmnnmo, CALIFORNIA CIGAR AND CIGARETTE ASH PROTECTOR AND FIRE PREVENTER Application filed April 29, 1931. Serial No. 588,681.

My present invention may be considered as a further development of that set forth in my patent, patented May 12, 1931, Number 1,804,97 9, and my application Serial Number 368,044, filed June 3, 1929.

An object and feature of my invention in the present instance is a simplification of the cigarette or cigar ash and fire protector and employs a slotted and perforated tube, this being the device in which the cigar or cigarette is burned, and the ash is collected in the bottom of the tube, such tube being imperferate at the bottom. A further feature of my invention is'the formation of a socket memher at the end of the tube.

Another feature of my invention comprises inserting the mouthpiece end directly into this socket and clamping it in the socket by a clamping sleeve or ring, the socket having longitudinal slits to permit a slight compression whereby the end of the cigarette or cigar holder may be firmly gripped 1n the socket.

Another feature of my invention is the mounting of a squeezing spring in the socket member, this spring having two operatlng tips extending outwardly beyond the socket and clamping sleeve and having a spring coll extending outwardly through the opposite side of the socket. This construction allows the two sides of the clamping spring to engage on opposite sides of the cigar and cigarette and thus gives a squeezing action, which action partly holds the cigarette or cigar centered in the perforated tube and also functions to extinguish the cigarette or cigar when it is burned to a position adjacent such squeezing spring.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan of my invention for use with cigarettes taken in the direction of the arrow 1 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation taken in the direction of the arrow 2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan of my invention for use with cigars;

Fig. 4c is a perspective view of various elements of the device separated and arranged on the same longitudinal axis;

Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 6 is a. transverse section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows. In constructing my invention the device for cigars and cigarettes is substantially the same except made in different dimensions and the mouthpiece of the cigaror cigarette holder of different shape for cigars than for cigarettes, but a description of one device 00 will apply equally well to the other.

In these constructions I employ a mouthpiece 11 which has a cylindrical band 12 at the end. The tube to house the cigar or cigarette is indicated at 13. Such tube is shown as having the main body portion cylindrical with a curved closure end 14 at one end and with an enlarged socket 15 at the other. There is a longitudinal slot 16 which extends from adjacent the socket to adjacent the end 10 '14. This tube 13 has a series of perforations 17. These perforations, while sufficiently large-to provide air for the combustion of the cigar or cigarette, are sufliciently small, especially at the bottom, to prevent ashes sift- I! ing through from the inside of the tube. In order to provide additional air entry space the slot 16 is scalloped at the sides as indicated at 18.

In the construction employed the socket 15 is of greater diameter than the tube and has a large notch 19 in one side and a smaller longitudinal notch 20 at the opposite side. This is also threaded as indicated at 21 on the outside. The squeezing spring 22' (note 35 Fig. ll is formed of a Wire and has a coiled spring section 23, two gripping arms 24, and finger operating knobs 25 at the ends. This squeezing spring fits in the socket with the coiled spring 23 extending through the notch 20 and the portion adjacent the knobs 25 extending through the notches 19. A clamping sleeve 26 is screw threaded on the inside and, if desired, this may have a slight tapered v thread and is used for assembling the device. a

As the slot 16 is smaller than the diameter of the cigar or cigarette such cannot readily be inserted through the slot but must be attached to the end of the mouthpiece, this having a receptacle 27 for the end of the cigar or cigarette. The cigarette or cigar, after attachment to the mouthpiece, is inserted through the socket, the ends 25 of the squeezing spring being spaced apart to spread the grlpping arms 24 apart, which allows insertion of the article, and the band 12 of the mouthpiece is then fitted in the split socket 15. The clamping sleeve may then be inserted over the mouthpiece and screw threaded in place, thus clamping the socket to the band 12 and, hence, to the mouthpiece. The squeezing spring 22, it must be seen, acts to hold the cigar or cigarette in the mouthpiece and prevent it from dropping out. The cigar or cigarette may then be ignited by using a match or a lighter, the flame entering through the slot 16, and the cigar or cigarette may be smoked in the ordinary manner, and as above mentioned, the perforations are sulficient to provide draft for the smoking of the v cigar or cigarette.

At the inner end of wide notch 19 there area pair of circumferential kerfs 28 to accommodate the lower ends of the gripping arms 24 adjacent the knobs 25 when these are pressed outwardly. Also, the socket 15 has an internal shoulder 29 so that this socket is slightly greater in diameter than the tube 13. Therefore, when the knobs 25 are pressed outwardly and the jaws of the clamping spring thus spread or enlarged, these ma be pressed tight against the walls of the soc ret and, therefore, form no obstruction to the inserting or removal of a cigar or ciga rette through the socket. Therefore, the tube for containing the cigar or cigarette may be but slightly larger than the diameter of the cigar or cigarette itself. The walls of the tube are made quite thin in order to afiord lightness and, moreover, it is unnecessary that these should be thick. The various sections shown in the illustrations have these thicknesses exaggerated to show clearly the different structural elements.

Various changes may be made in the features of my invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A device as described, comprising in combination, a mouthpiece having a recess to receive an end of a cigar or cigarette, a tube closed at its outer end and having a series of perforations with a socket structure atone end having notches to allow contraction of such socket end, the end of the mouthpiece being shaped to fit in the end of the socket, and a clamping sleeve screw-threaded over the outside of the socket and clamping the mouthpiece therein. 7

2. A device as described in claim 1, the socket end of the tube having a squeezing spring mounted therein, saidspring having a pair of arms adapted to engage on opposite sides of a cigar or cigarette, and means extending outside of the socket to press said arms apart.

3. In a device as described, a mouthpiece having a recess at one end to receive one end of a cigar or cigarette, a tube closed at its outer end and open at its inner end, said tube having a series of perforations, the end of the mouthpiece adjacent the recess being shaped to fit in the open end of the tube, and a clamping sleeve fitted on the open end of the tube and clamping the tube to the mouthpiece, the open end of the mouthpiece having a pair of oppositely positioned longitudinal notches, a clamping spring having a coiled portion fitting in one of the notches with two arms adapted to fit over opposite sides of a cigar or cigarette, and finger manipulating ends of said arms crossed one over the other and extending through the other notch of the end of the tube.

4. In a device as described, a mouthpiece having a recess to receive the end of a cigar or cigarette, a tube closed at its outer end and having an enlarged socket at its inner end, saidtube having a longitudinal slot and a plurality of perforations in its wall, a socket end having a pair of diametrically opposed notches, one being narrow and the other wide, a squeezing spring having two arms to fit inside of the socket with finger gripping ends extending through the wide notch, and a coil in the spring fitting in the narrow notch, said socket being fitted on the end of the mouthpiece having the recess, and a clamping sleeve fitted on the outside of the socket and insertable over the mouthpiece.

5. A device as described, comprising a mouthpiece having means to hold a cigarette, a tube having perforations and provided with a socket with longitudinal notches, a clamping spring having a pair of clamping jaws and fitting into said notches, the mouthpiece being secured in said socket, and the socket being of larger internal diameter than the tube to accommodate the clamping jaws when spread apart for inserting a cigar or cigarette.

6. A device as described, having a mouthpiece with means to receive a cigarette or cigar, a tube having perforations with a socket end having a pair of longitudinal notches, a clamping spring having a coil fitted in one of the notches, the other notch having a pair of circumferential kerfs connected thereto, the ends of the clamping spring being fitted in said kerfs, and means to attach the mouthpiece to the socket.

7. A device as described in claim 6, the socket being of larger internal diameter than the tube to permit expansion of the clamping arms of the spring to fit in the socket for inserting a cigar or cigarette in the tube.

8. In a device as' described, a mouthpiece having a recess at one end to receive a cigar or cigarette and having a cylindrical band surrounding the recess, a tube closed at its outer end and open at its inner end, such tube having a series of perforations, the open end of the tube having a socket with longitudinal notches, the cylindrical band fitting in said socket, and a clamping sleeve threaded on the exterior of the socket end of the tube and adapted to contract the tube at the notches to grip said band.

9. In a device as described in claim 8, one of said notches being wide and the other narrow and being on diametrically opposite sides of the tube end, the large notch having peripheral kerfs, and a squeezing spring hav ing a coil extending through the small notch and having ends extending in the kerfs with projecting finger grip engaging ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

ALPHONSE HAAS. 

